In pursuit of the perfect peach: Consumer-assisted selection of peach fruit traits

HortScience

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1202-1212

  Olmstead, Mercy A ^a   Gilbert, Jessica L ^a   Colquhoun, Thomas A ^b   Clark, David G ^b   Kluson, Robert ^a   Moskowitz, Howard R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MOSKOWITZ JACOBS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer assisted selection; Flavor; Fruit quality; Fruit texture; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941341126     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: 23279834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.50.8.1202     Document Type: Article

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